Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


thereafter are uncertain.
THE trouble between the italian dele
gates to the International Medical con.
gress at Washington has been amicably
settled.
BY the decision of Judge Brannon at
Davenport, Ia, on the It'll, James NJ.
Patrick obtains control of his child, which
has been contested SO bitterly by Mrs.
Patrick's mother.
THE machine shops Of the Barren Fork
Coal Company at Somerset, KY, were
burned on the eth. Loss will exceed $780,
600.
THE next annual session of the Ameri-
can Shipping and Industrial League, Hon.
Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, president,
will be held in Washington in December
next, and it is anticipated that representa-
tives will be present from all parts of the
country and all branches of industry.
Mr.. RANDALL left Washington on the
It'll, without comforting with the President
on the tariff question.
A FIRE started in residence in New
burg, Ont, on the 9Th, and spread to the
business portion of the village which was
soon entirely destroyed. The loss will
reach $3.50, goo; insurance not known. Mr..
j. Wells was probably fatally burned.
ALL the miners at Wilson & Co.'s Mont
ton, Ind, struck on the It'll for an advance
of six cents per ton. A hundred men are
thrown out of employment, as these mines
furnish the coal for the Ohio & Mississippi
engines.
LITTLE credence is placed In the report
ed collision of Russians and Chinese on
the frontier, near Kashgar.
THE steamer Plover arrived at st. Johns,
Newfoundland, on the It'll, from the north,
and reports a great storm along the
Labrador coast. She brings back the
crews of eight fishing vessels wrecked
there, aud there are fears that many
others were lost.
THE railway switchmen of Indianapolis,
Ind, have presented a number of de-
mands to their employers, the principal
of which are an advance of pay to the
wages current in Chicago, and the addi-
ton of one man to each Of the switching
crews as now organized.
PAPERS were placed in the hands of the
sheriff at Milwaukee, Wis, on the It'll, in
a suit for a large amount, begun by the
Third National Bank of New York against
John E. Burton, the Gogebec iron king.
The exact amount involved is not known,
as the papers could not be served. Mr..
Burton is in New York City.
By q waterspout ON Careless creek, in
Meagre County, Mont, on the 9Th, 1900
sheep, principally lambs, were drowned
on one ranch. Much damage was done to
the buildings also.
AN attachment for $500, 200 was placed
upon the mills and property of the Woon-
socket Or. u Rubber Company, on the
18th, by Thomas John Shipman Green, of
New York. The attachment is the last of
three which have been issued within
twenty days by the same person, and the
company's property in New York, Boston
and Rhode Island is now under the care of
the sheriff.
FIRE started on the morning of the 7th
in Joseph Jackson's saw mill, part of the
Grant Locomotive works building at Pat
erson, N. j., and soon communicated to
every part of the building. OF the Grant
works nothing remains but the erecting
shop, the foundry and part of the new
machine shop. The loss is estimated at
$150,000, and six hundred hands are thrown
out of employment.
COLONEL SW1rzLER, chief of the Bureau
of Statistics, has prepared an important
report on wool.
JEFFERSON DAVIS has written letter,
in which he declares in favor of local op-
ton.
A FETE in honor of the centenary of the
American Constitution will be held at the
Crystal palace at Sydenham, England,
on September II.
CONGRESSMAN PERRY BELMONT, of New
York, is one suggestion for successor to
Governor Porter as assistant Secretary of
State.
THE doctors at Washington are indig-
nant at reports which have been sent out
of their differences.
THE Queen has conferred the order of
bnt 10Th 1;a fho
eminent surgeon, who is attending the
Crown Prince of Germany ON his journey
to the Tyrol.
COMMISSIONER OBERLEY, of the Civil-Ser-
vice Commission, has written an important
letter concerning the appointing and dis
charging power.
SEVERAL members of the International
Medical congress, with the ladies accom-
panying them, called on the sth at Oak
View by special invitation to see the
President and Mrs. Cleveland.
THE grand jury at Montreal, Can, has
found true bill against Boodler McGari-
gle, Detective Pinkerton and Colonel
Hickey, of Chicago, for conspiracy. The
only witness examined was James Bax-
ter, who made the charge.
MGR. DoNAHUE, aged eighty, chaplain
of St. Mary's Hosp ital at Milwaukee,
Wis, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of his priesthood on the Sth. The religious
exercises were held in st. Johns Cathe-
dral, where for thirty years he was
pastor.
THE West Meath Qreland) magistrates,
sitting at Glassan, have sentenced Editor
Hayden Of the West Meath Examiner to
three months imprisonment for obstruct-
ing the police during the recent evictions.
Mr.. Hayden has appealed and has been
released on bail.
MUCH interest is felt in Ireland and En-
gland at the trial to take place at Mitchell
town, Ireland, of William O'Brien, for al
legged violation of the Crimes act.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH of Dublin in a
letter published on the Sth, says the Irish
land question is a commercial and not
bourne's scheme to be the most suitable
one that has yet been passed.
THE anniversary of the Battle of Cha
pultepec was observed at the City of
Mexico on the Sth, with the usual ceremo-
mics and speech-making, the orators dwell
ing on the gallantry of the unfortunates
who fell in the battle against the Ameri-
can troops.
THE bank examiner investigating the
affairs of the Biddleford (Me.) Savings In
stitution, which was robbed by young
McNeilly, states that he will make an Of
fetal statement of the banks condition by
September II. He considers that the bank
will have surplus of $4,000.
JOHN GALE, aged forty, was struck on
the temple by base ball while crossing
field in the suburbs of Brooklyn, on the
Sth, where some boys were playing and
died the same night. Charles Miller, who
batted the ball. has been arrested.
THE Hotel Arlington at Saegertown,
Pa, six miles north of Meadville. erected